Bullying on snapchat

[langdale2016]

My 14 yr old DD is currently the subject of nasty messages on her peers snapchat stories where someone posts the following type of questions..who is the biggest scrape? who is the biggest beg? who do you hate the most? People then anonymously reply with DD's name. Peers screenshot the results and repost on their story.

I have spoken to the school and they are happy to speak to those involved but DD is worried about the come-back that this will spark. She is not afraid to stand-up for herself but she doesn't have any strong allies to help support her, as they are too afraid to be seen taking her side.

Not sure what to do. Anyone been in this situation?

Is the bullying a new thing or has she suffered with it before OP?

The trouble is, it's so hard to police...if she hasn't any allies there, I'd be very tempted to move schools.

Delete Snapchat.
Keep her phone downstairs at night.

She has suffered before and she is coming round to the fact that she does need to move away from a group of nasty "mean" popular girls who do have a reputation for being just that.

We are having a meeting with her school tomorrow to see what we can do to stop this happening and the best way to support DD.

Teenagers can be so bloody horrible. I'm sorry OP, I can't offer any advice, apart from tell her to rise above it and don't react (easier said than done) but the bullies want her to bite. I was bullied about that age by a group of girls who were my friends then pushed me out. It was horrible but as soon as I started ignoring them and showing them I wasn't bothered they stopped. Funny thing is, one of them posted a ant-bullying meme on facebook several days ago, the rage built inside me I really wanted to comment but it was 15 years ago, so thought I might look a bit bitter lol!

**an anti-bullying. I can't type today!

Thanks Raven.
My DD did say she felt better today when she decided not to approach them. Although this was mainly because she had a horrendous headache and was with the Nurse during lunch. But it's good to know that actually ignoring them and not reacting could work.
We have been considering moving school (for two years) but this is a hard choice as we are only a short walk away from her school and other schools (if they did have spaces) would entail bus/train journeys! Would you ever have wanted to move school?

That’s good she is feeling better and I hope her headache has cleared up.

I probably wouldn’t have wanted to move schools, but I did have have a group of friends that were there for me throughout the bullying and they were so lovely so it wasn’t too bad. If your DD has a group of good friends she can stick with I think she will be ok but if she feels like she does want to move it might good for her. Social media does have a lot to answer for!!